World's Largest Breast-feeding On May 4, 2006,
some 3,738 mothers simultaneously breastfed their babies for one minute
at the San Andres Sports and Civic Center in Malate, Manila, breaking
the old Guinness World Record set by 1,135 mothers in Berkeley,
California on August 3, 2002.
World's Largest Kissing Scene On
February 14, 2004, some 5,327 couples in the Philippines kissed
simultaneously for 10 seconds, setting a new record for the Guinness
Book of World Records. The participants occupied two kilometers of
Roxas Boulevard in Manila. The event was organized by toothpaste maker
Close Up.
World's Largest Aerobics Class On
February 16, 2003, some 48,188 individuals participated in a
simultaneous aerobics class at the Quirino Grandstand, Rizal Park in
Manila, breaking another Guinness World Record.
World's Largest Strawberry Cake On
March 20, 2004, the people of La Trinidad, Benguet baked a strawberry
shortcake, weighing 9,642.45 kilos, to set another Guinness World
Record. The shortcake also measure 12.31 feet long, 8.42 feet high and
8.69 feet wide, with an average diameter of 9.18 feet. The cake, which
had a total of 42,080 slices, consisted of 2,000 kilos of fresh
strawberries, 675 kilos of strawberry jam and 1,550 bottles of
strawberry extract for the strawberry butter cake. Other ingredients
include 1,500 bars of butter, 1,625 kilos of sugar, 9,000 pieces of
eggs, 860 cans of evaporated milk, 1,155 kilos of flour, 20 kilos of
baking powder, 10 kilos of salt and 250 liters of whipped cream for the
icing.
World's Largest Ricecake On March 28,
2006, the people of Candon City in Ilocos Sur baked the world's biggest
ricecake or calamay weighing 2,547 kilos. This reportedly beat the
2,097-kilo ricecake that the Kamaura Food Co. Ltd. baked in Niigata,
Japan on March 1, 2002.
World's Longest Bico On
April 23, 2006, the people of Bauang, La Union produced the world's
longest bico (sweetened glutinous rice) measuring 195 meters or 640
feet in length. Some 400 people used 600 coconuts, 1,600 kilos of
glutinous rice, 728 pieces of sinacob (hardened brown sugar), 200
gallons of water, and 20,000 banana leaves to prepared the world's
largest delicacy.
World's Shortest Actor Filipino
actor Weng Weng was recognized as the shortest adult actor in a leading
role. He stood only two feet and nine inches tall.
World's Longest Barbecue On
May 3, 2003, Dagupan City in Pangasinan produced the longest barbecue
measuring 1,007.56 meters or 3,305.64 feet in total length.
World's Longest Grill On
April 29, 2006, some 40,000 residents of Alcala, Pangasinan took part
in building the world's longest single grill - a three-kilometer grill
that spanned across seven villages. This reportedly surpassed the 32.84
meter or 107.7 feet grill put up by the people St. Wendel Werschweiler
in Germany on May 4, 2004. The Alcala resident used 21,000 sacks of
charcoal to grill what they claimed was the world's longest barbecue,
consisting of 4,000 kilos of pork, 20,000 pieces of milkfish. This also
reportely beat the 1,007.56 meter or 13,305.54 feet barbecue made by
Dagupan City on May 3, 2003.
World's Longest Tilapia Barbecue On
March 5, 2006, the people of San Fernando City in Pampanga grilled
26,000 pieces of tilapia, with total length of 1.8 kilometers. They
were cooked using 675 grills set up from the Provincial Capitol to
Lazatin Boulevard.
World's Longest Eggplant Grill On
January 11, 2006, the people of Villasis, Pangasinan grilled 3,000
kilograms of eggplants, using 500 grills, each measuring one meter,
during the town's first-ever Talong Grill Festival. The event was
reportedly just a dry run for a bigger attempt to set a Guinness World
Record in 2007.
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